Brighton’s brilliant beancounter: 20 years on, how a lifelong fan saved the Seagulls from extinction August 30, 2017 At 9pm on Christmas Eve 1996, Paul Samrah, a well-to-do partner at mid-tier accountancy firm Kingston Smith, sorted through the last of his mail in preparation for the festive break. “It was the last envelope I opened,” Samrah recalls to City A.M.. To his horror, he had been slapped with a two-year ban from Brighton [...]
How much is winning the Champions League worth? Prize money at stake for Liverpool and Celtic announced by Uefa August 18, 2017 Clubs can earn up to €57.2m (£48m) in prize money for winning the Champions League this season, after European governing body Uefa announced they would hand out €1.3bn to clubs in the competition. Uefa has recommitted to putting up the same sums of prize money as it did last season, when the competition’s most successful [...]
Champions League prize money 2017: Competition’s biggest earners Real Madrid and Juventus can win record prize in Cardiff June 2, 2017 This Saturday’s Champions League final between Juventus and Real Madrid pits two of the competition’s biggest-earners up against each other for the largest prize in its history. Juventus and Real Madrid are the highest and second-highest earning clubs from European competitions in the last five years, having been paid a respective €281m (£245.9m) and €277m [...]
Europa League prize money: Manchester United triumph more lucrative than their Champions League campaign May 25, 2017 Manchester United pocketed €14.7m (£12.7m) in prize money after winning the Europa League with a 2-0 win over Ajax in the final. The Premier League giants secured the final winner's prize of €6.5m to add to the €8.2m they'd already earned from European football governing body Uefa. Ajax, whose total wage bill is more than [...]
More than 70 MPs write open letter to BBC director general accusing the broadcaster of bias in its Brexit coverage March 21, 2017 A group of more than 70 MPs have published a letter to BBC director general Tony Hall attacking the broadcaster's Brexit coverage and warning that it could "undermine our efforts to carve out a new, global role for this country". "It particularly pains us to see how so much of the good economic news we've has [...]
Arsenal players want Arsene Wenger to sign a new contract, insists Gunners striker Olivier Giroud March 20, 2017 Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud has declared that he and his team-mates want Arsene Wenger to sign a new contract despite the team’s current alarming slump. Wenger’s future remains uncertain, with the Frenchman yet to reveal whether he intends to extend his 20-year stay in north London and club chiefs silent on an increasingly sensitive issue. [...]
Masters 2017: Tiger Woods still hopeful of bidding for fifth Green Jacket at Augusta despite injury troubles March 20, 2017 Former world No1 Tiger Woods insists he still hopes to be fit for next month’s Masters, despite scrapping plans to make his latest comeback at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Woods, 41, has completed just one tournament since 2015 due to persistent back problems and was last seen in competition six weeks ago when pulling out [...]
Jermain Defoe dreaming of Russia 2018 World Cup after earning long-awaited England recall March 20, 2017 Evergreen Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe admits he is desperate to capitalise on his second chance with England by earning a place in Gareth Southgate’s squad for next year’s World Cup in Russia. Defoe’s decision to leave the Premier League for Toronto and Major League Soccer in 2014 appeared to have dealt his international career a [...]
Leyton Orient winding-up order adjourned until June as owner Francesco Becchetti vows to inject £1m March 20, 2017 Leyton Orient have avoided administration – for now, at least – after the League Two club’s controversial owner Francesco Becchetti staved off a winding-up order brought by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Becchetti settled the unpaid tax bill but, at a High Court hearing today, was given until 12 June to pay off four other [...]
Six Nations 2017: France and Ireland show cunning to outfox Wales and England March 20, 2017 Scrum to France, final play, 5m out. France five points ahead and frothing with Gallic trickery. Monstrous prop, Uini Atonio suddenly needs a head injury assessment which sees France return their top tighthead, Rabah Slimani, to the field. As a prop there is no scenario of greater importance than a defensive scrum 5m from one’s [...]